The Trump Presidency, Federal Judges, and American Law

• Authors: Christopher Wolfe

Title variants

PL

Prezydentura Trumpa, sędziowie federalni i prawo amerykańskie

Abstracts

PL

Nominacje sędziów federalnych dokonane przez prezydenta Donalda Trumpa były ważnym osiągnięciem jego prezydentury (w szczególności chodzi o trzy nominacje sędziów Sądu Najwyższego). Będą one miały znaczący wpływ na amerykańską rzeczywistość polityczną i prawną na długo. Nominacje te bywają krytykowane z pozycji ideologicznych, ale reprezentują znaczący i pozytywny powrót do oryginalnego rozumienia w amerykańskim konstytucjonalizmie właściwej roli sędziów i sądowej kontroli działalności agencji administracyjnych.

EN

President Donald Trump’s appointments to the US federal judiciary were a major accomplishment of his presidency (in particular, his three Supreme Court appointments). They are likely to have a significant impact on American political and legal life for a long time to come. The appointments have been criticized by some, on ideological grounds, but they represent a significant and beneficial return to the original understanding in American constitutionalism of the proper role of judges and judicial review.

Keywords

EN

Trump; judicial appointments; originalism; ideological criticism

PL

intencje twórców konstytucji; nominacje sędziowskie; krytyka ideologiczna; Trump

• Publisher: Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego
• Journal: Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 179-193

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Christopher Wolfe

• University of Dallas

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Identifiers

DOI

10.48269/2451-0610-ksm-2021-1-006

Biblioteka Nauki

2029575